FRISCO — One of the fastest-growing school districts in the country will soon have a new leader.

Frisco ISD trustees voted Monday to name Mike Waldrip the lone finalist to be superintendent of the 56,000-plus student district.

Mike Waldrip

Waldrip is currently superintendent for Coppell ISD. But he is not stranger to Frisco, where he worked for 12 years before accepting the superintendent's job in Coppell in 2014.

Dr. Waldrip, a 35-year educator, was a middle school principal and director of secondary instruction in Frisco ISD. In 2006, he was named principal of Liberty High School. He later served as an assistant superintendent and deputy superintendent in Frisco prior to accepting the top job in Coppell.

State law requires the school board to wait 21 days after naming a finalist to make the hire official.

Waldrip will replace Superintendent Jeremy Lyon, who announced in March that he would retire at the end of June after more than four years with the district.